Stockholm Plan of Action for integrating disaster risks and climate change impacts in poverty reduction
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Title:
Stockholm Plan of Action for integrating disaster risks and climate change impacts in poverty reduction
Creator:
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
Disaster Risk Reduction Program, Florida International University (DRR/FIU)
Place of Publication:
Washington, DC
Geneva, Switzerland
Publisher:
The World Bank
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
Publication Date:
Copyright Date:
2007
Language:
English

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Climate change ( lcshac )
Risk management ( lcshac )
Poverty ( lcshac )
Risk assessment ( lcshac )
Genre:
non-fiction ( marcgt )

Notes

Summary:
This document is a report of the workshop jointly organized by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), the World Bank’s Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). In light of the outcomes of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) and the recent findings of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), this plan of action highlights the need to take into account natural hazards and climate change risks when development planning, particularly when developing poverty reduction strategies. Climate change has been shown to increase the social and economic vulnerability of communities, to affect livelihoods and settlement patterns, and to cause political tensions and conflict. Nowhere is this truer than in the impoverished communities of developing countries. These communities are perhaps the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and associated small and large-scale disasters, but have the least capacity to prevent, prepare for, or respond to disasters when they occur, and often struggle tremendously to recover in their wake. The document outlines five different priority actions that emerged from workshop discussions: (1) disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) cannot be dealt with in isolation; (2) risks due to disasters and climate change must be known and measured; (3) disaster and climate change risk analysis must be integrated into national planning processes, including poverty reduction strategies; (4) DRR and CCA are not sectors but need to be factors in all sectors; and (5) capacity building is required at local, national, regional, and global levels. It also emphasizes the need to accelerate efforts to reduce disaster risk, especially working towards reducing high levels of vulnerability to natural hazards and risks connected to climate change. At the end, the document recommends that additional attention be given to the period leading up to the post-Kyoto agreement to ensure that the limited attention to adaptation and associated funding gaps that mark the current period are appropriately addressed, and that the critical role of DRR in sustainable development is recognized moving forward. ( English )
Subject:
General Risk Reduction ( English )
Subject:
Environment ( English )
Citation/Reference:
(2007). Stockholm Plan of Action for integrating disaster risks and climate change impacts in poverty reduction. The World Bank (WB), United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).

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Florida International University
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FI13022744

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